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B. Russia
C. China
D. India
In the US, the most popular way to welcome the new year is with a big party. Some parties are at private homes. But in recent years, it has become more and more common for Americans to go to a hotel or eating-place on the night of December 31st. There, they can eat a big dinner, drink champagne, and dance to orchestra music.
Most New Year’s parties are usually noisy. People shout and sing. And often, guests blow on small noisemakers when the new year arrives at midnight. This tradition of noise making is believed to start centuries ago. People thought that loud sounds would drive away the bad spirits of the old year.
The biggest, noisiest New Year’s party in the US takes place in Times Square in New York. Thousands of people gather(聚集) there. Some of them ring bells and set fireworks. Others blow whistles of car horns(喇叭). And at twelve o’clock, they begin to cheer as an electric sign in the shape of a red apple lights up on top of a tall building.
The Times Square celebration includes another well-known American tradition. Since 1929, the band of musician Guy Lombardo has given a concert on New Year’s Eve. Guy Lombardo died in 1977. But, Bill Lombardo, has kept the tradition alive with a band concert at a New York city hotel. When the crowds in Times Square start cheering the arrival of the new year, television cameras show the band playing the song Auld Lang Syne.
【小题1】 The most usual way to welcome the new year in the US is ________.
| A.to go shopping | B.to meet friends | C.to travel abroad | D.to hold a big party |
| A.in Central Park | B.in Hollywood | C.in Times Square | D.in Disneyland |
| A.to express their friendship | B.to drive away the bad spirits |
| C.to make others more excited | D.to give best wishes to each other |
| A.the band of Guy Lombardo | B.the band of Bill Lombardo |
| C.the band of Johann Strauss | D.the band of Elvis Aaron Presley |
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In the early 1990s the word “Internet” was strange to most people. But today, Internet has become a useful tool for people all over the world. Maybe Internet has been the greatest invention in the field of communication in the history of mankind. Communicating with others on the Internet is much faster. We can chat with a person who is sitting in the other part of the world. We can e-mail our friends and they can read the e-mails within a minute.
Giving all kinds of information is probably the biggest advantage of the Internet. We can use search engines to find the information we need. Just type in a keyword or keywords and the search engine will give us a list of suitable websites to look at.![]()
We can enjoy a lot on the Internet by downloading games, visiting chat rooms or surfing(浏览)websites. There are some games for free. We can meet new and interesting people in the chat now. We can also listen to music and see films.
Now, there is a lot of service on the Internet such as online banking, job finding and ticket buying. We can also do shopping and find nearly all kinds of goods. Sometimes we can find something that is quite good but very cheap.
【小题1】How many main advantages of the Internet are talked about in the last passage?
| A.Three. | B.Four. | C.Five. | D.Six. |
| A.We can find almost anything we want to know on the Internet. |
| B.Some games on the Internet are free. |
| C.We can buy most things we need on the Internet. |
| D.Goods on the Internet are more expensive than those in real shops. |
| A.Online Shopping |
| B.Exchanging Information on the Internet |
| C.The Advantages of the Internet |
| D.Surfing the Websites on the Internet |
Music is an international language. Popular music in America is what every student likes.
Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class, and
at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers and play the music loudly when they drive
streets. Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio when they drive to work. They also listen to the News about sports, the weather, politics(政治), and activities of the American people. Most of the radio broadcast is music.
Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in every state(州). Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tape. Some of the money from these tapes comes to the singer. Whenever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has become a national star.
There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk music. It has stories about the common life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about country boy and his girl is called western or country music. Serious music for the concert halls is called classical music. Music for instruments is called orchestra music, such as the symphonies(协奏曲) of Beethoven.
1.Almost every American student likes_________. .
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A.popular music |
B.American songs |
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C.folk music |
D.classical music |
2.What do adult drivers do while they are driving?.
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A.listen to pop songs |
B.listen to news and make a CD |
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C.listen to music and news |
D.listen to stories |
3.What’s one of the reasons that singers become national stars?
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A.Their CDs or tapes are used in every state. |
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B.Several young people buy their CDs or tapes. |
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C.They travel around the world. |
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D.They are followed by young people sometimes. |
4._______ was started by cowboys.
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A.Popular music |
B.Classical music |
C.Western music |
D.Serious music |
5.What is the best title of the passage?
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A.Popular Music in America |
B.Kinds of Music in America |
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C.How to Be Famous Singers |
D.International Language |